Tuesday, January 24 at 5:20 p.m.
A data-driven discussion about the challenges and opportunities facing the State of Israel.
Live on jpost.com & maariv.co.il
Speakers
Amichai Chikli
Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Social Equality
MK Gilad Kariv
Labor Party
Former Executive Director of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism
MK Dr. Mansour Abbas
Chairman, United Arab List
Ra’am Party
MK Danny Danon
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations
MK Orit Farkash Hacohen
National Unity Party
Prof. Irwin Cotler
Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Yohanan Plesner
President
Israel Democracy Institute
Prof. Tamar Hermann
Academic Director of the Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Israel Democracy Institute
Dr. Yizhar Hess
Vice Chairman,
World Zionist Organization
Dan Diker
President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Amb. Alan Baker
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; Former Legal Advisor, Israeli Foreign Ministry; and Former Ambassador to Canada
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Matan Vilnai
Chair, Commanders for Israel’s Security
Brigadier General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser
Director of Research, HaBithonistim
Mickey Gitzin
Director
New Israel Fund
Attorney Talia Sasson
Former head of the Special Tasks Division of the State Attorney’s office and immediate Past Board President of New Israel Fund
Oded Revivi
Mayor of Efrat
Yoav Dotan
Professor of Law
Faculty of Law, Hebrew University
YAAKOV KATZ
Editor-in-Chief of
The Jerusalem Post
MAAYAN HOFFMAN
Deputy CEO – Strategy & Innovation
The Jerusalem Post
Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian Affairs Correspondent
The Jerusalem Post
Zvika Klein
Jewish World Correspondent
The Jerusalem Post
Program
We will discuss:
• Trust in political parties
• Judicial reform and the power of the courts
• Rising tensions between Jews and Arabs
• The balance between Judaism and democracy
• Sovereignty and Israeli security
• The battle for Israel in the public sphere
• Political warfare in 2023
• Potential challenges in the international criminal courts
Religion & State
Judicial Reform
Trust in Democratic Systems
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5:20 p.m – Opening Remarks
Yaakov Katz, Editor-in-chief, The Jerusalem Post - 5:25 p.m.: IDI’s Yohanan Plesner in Conversation with Yaakov Katz
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5:35 p.m. – Israel Democracy Index Data – Overview
Prof. Tamar Hermann, Academic Director of the Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy at the Israel Democracy Institute - 5:45 p.m.: Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli in Conversation with Yaakov Katz
- 5:55 p.m.: MK Danny Danon in Conversation with Maayan Hoffman
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6:05 p.m.: The Battle for Israel in the Public Sphere
• Dan Diker, President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
• Adv. Talia Sasson, Former Head of the Special Tasks Division of the State Attorney’s Office and Immediate Past Board President of New Israel Fund
• Moderator: Maayan Hoffman, Deputy CEO – Strategy & Innovation, The Jerusalem Post -
6:25 p.m.: Judicial Reform and the Power of the Courts
• Prof. Yoav Dotan, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University
• Irwin Cotler, Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
• Moderator: Zvika Klein, Jewish World Correspondent, The Jerusalem Post - 6:40 p.m.: MK Orit Farkash Hacohen in Conversation with Zvika Klein
- 6:50 p.m.: New Israel Fund’s Mickey Gitzin in Conversation with Khaled Abu Toamah
- 07:00 p.m.: MK Mansour Abbas in Conversation with Khaled Abu Toameh
- 7:10 p.m.: Dr. Yizhar Hess, Vice Chairman of the World Zionist Organization in Conversation with Maayan Hoffman
- 7:20 p.m.: Video – HaBitchonistim
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7:25 p.m.: Sovereignty and Israeli Security
• Brigadier General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, Director of Research, HaBithonistim
• Oded Revivi, Mayor of Efrat
• Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Matan Vilnai, Chair, Commanders for Israel’s Security
• Amb. Alan Baker, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; Former Legal Advisor, Israeli Foreign Ministry; and Former Ambassador to Canada
• Moderator: Khaled Abu Toameh, Palestinian Affairs Correspondent, The Jerusalem Post - 7:55 p.m.: MK Gilad Kariv in Conversation with Zvika Klein
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